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ASSOCIATED PRESS Homes along the Mississippi River in Paducah, Ky., are inundated as a result of record flooding. Residents downstream of Missouri's Birds Point levee were evacuated after the Army Corps of Engineers ordered the breach of a levee.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Charlie Sheen views the tornado devastation in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with Don Staley, executive director of the Tuscaloosa Sports Foundation, on Monday.
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A new assessment of climate change in the Arctic shows the ice — including in Greenland (pictured) — is melting faster than previously thought and sharply raises projections of rising global sea levels this century. (Associated Press)
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"War Horse," seen here being performed at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York, the heartwarming human-puppet hybrid, was nominated for best play.
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Prince William, a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, is stationed at the Royal Air Force Valley base on the island of Anglesey in western Wales. The prince and his bride, the former Kate Middleton, who are now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have returned to their rented whitewashed farmhouse on the island after their royal wedding on Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
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**FILE** In this photo from July 19, 2007, an iceberg is seen off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland. The Arctic is a thermostat against overheating and a barometer of change, but now its own protective ozone layer that keeps out damaging ultraviolet radiation has thinned to record levels, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Residents affected by the tornado come to receive help at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster recovery center at the Ashley Furniture Store in Fultondale, Ala. on Monday. The center is one of six set up in four Alabama counties. (Associated Press/The Birmingham News, Michelle Campbell)
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Recently planted corn struggles to grow in a rain-soaked field near Farmingdale, Ill., where seemingly endless wet weather is testing the patience of many farmers. "Last year at this time, they were almost wrapping up here," farmer Kevin Baird said. (Associated Press)
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Central Illinois farmer Tim Seifert loads his field planter with seed corn. Driven by the effects of low stockpiles and demand for livestock feed and ethanol, corn and soybean prices are high. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press photographs A fireman sprays down the inside of a rail car at a train station Monday in Buenos Aires. Angry mobs in Argentina burned train cars in at least three stations after a derailment caused long delays in Monday's commute.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Maryland wide receiver Quintin McCree, shown catching a touchdown pass against Wake Forest last season, participated only in Saturday sessions throughout the spring. During the week, his studies took precedence.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Amended guidelines that ban smoking in more indoor public venues in China went into effect Sunday, but the changes were not expected to have a dramatic impact. Nearly 30 percent of adults in China smoke.
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** FILE ** Mail carrier Kenjiro Ishimori rides a motorcycle after delivering mails at an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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Angela Gray, of Cullman, Ala., weighs her future as she waits for help on the steps of the Cullman County Courthouse on Thursday. Her home was destroyed by a tornado.
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QB Norm Snead, Wake Forest (1961, 2nd) - Might not have been a great quarterback for the Redskins, but they were able to trade him for a great quarterback (Sonny Jurgensen*).
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch at 3:47 p.m. Friday. The next-to-the-last shuttle mission has boosted the local economy.
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CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON/SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Debris sit atop what's left of a three-story building surrounded by rubble in the obliterated city of Minami-Sanriku, Japan. Reconstruction officials are calling for settlements to be built on high ground.
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Richmond American Homes is building 45 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Hope Hill Crossing in Woodbridge. The homes have 2,333 to 2,736 finished square feet, with base prices from $429,990 to $449,990.
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The center-island kitchen in the Harvard model features stainless steel appliances, granite counters, hardwood flooring and a pantry.
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Lightning touches down on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River early Wednesday before finding its way to Vicksburg, Miss., bringing heavy rain and winds with it. At least four deaths were reported in Mississippi. (AP Photo/The Vicksburg Post, Bryant Hawkins)
